Mount Crawford (New Zealand)

Mount Crawford is the highest point of the Miramar Peninsula on the North Island of New Zealand. Mount Crawford was first purchased by James Coutts Crawford. In the 1880s the peninsula was used by the military who built fortifications on Mount Crawford. A prison was constructed on Mount Crawford in the 1920s and operated until 2012. Since the closure of the prison the fate of the area is uncertain, with a controversial housing development proposed on the site of the former prison.

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